A bill has been revived that would give District of Columbia representation in Congress...Will there or won't there be a special election NY's 29th?...The economy is causing cuts in elections in Tennessee...West Virginia will be first state to hold internet election for overseas military. What could possibly go wrong? Boise State University's internet election was voided after a "glitch" resulted in 109 blank ballots. Boise can hold a new election but what happens when internet votes are lost in a state or federal election?......Epitaph for ACORN: Done In by Its Friends?

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All this and more in today's voting news below....

CA: Citywide: Oakland council may reach compromise on campaign contributions, spendinghttp://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_14893761 Their rationale: With Oakland's switch to ranked-choice voting, which precludes the need for separate runoff elections, the city is essentially folding two elections into one. They also argued candidates should be allowed to raise and spend more money to help educate voters on the new voting system.

CA: More than 2,000 ballots still uncounted in Long Beach electionhttp://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_14891894...With two incumbent write-in candidates, plus a third lesser known write-in candidate, ballot tallying was slow Tuesday night, but Herrera said the count was accurate and had few problems.

Herrera added that the slow pace at which results were posted was also due to his decision to check by hand every over-vote

DC: Is Congress Getting Closer to Granting D.C. Voting Rights?http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002733-503544.htmlThe bill changed dramatically when the Senate added an amendment to its D.C. Voting Rights bill sponsored by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) that would force the District of Columbia to weaken its gun control laws. It stated that the District of Columbia could not "unduly burden" residents from owning guns....Since the Senate passed the bill last year, House Democrats have lost a key Republican ally in Utah, Sen. Orrin Hatch, over a provision in the House bill that would make the new Utah congressman represent the entire state instead of allowing the Utah state government to draw a new district.

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